Nov 15, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a cold, early spring morning in the Southeast, a log yard worker was removing a plastic tarp covering a stack of veneer logs that had recently been steamed prior to the log peeling process. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 20-year-old log yard worker had...
Oct 16, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: The owner-operator of a tractor-trailer log truck in the Northeast was having his truck loaded with tree-length wood. It was a fall day, clear and cool. Weather was not a factor. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The driver had over five years of experience and...
Aug 12, 2013 | Logging Safety
Background: On a clear, dry fall afternoon in the Appalachians, a skidder operator was skidding and winching a load uphill. The terrain was very steep with occasional slight benches. Personal Characteristics: The skidder operator was in his mid-20s and had worked on...
Aug 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a clear, cool, winter day in the South, a log truck driver was waiting for his truck to be loaded with pine pulpwood. His truck was at the landing on a pine plantation clearcut operation. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 44-year-old truck driver had been a...
Aug 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a clear, dry, fall afternoon in the Appalachians, a skidder operator was skidding and winching a load uphill. The terrain was very steep with occasional slight benches. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The skidder operator was in his mid-20s and had worked on...
Jun 5, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: The owner-operator of a tractor-trailer log truck in the Northeast was having his truck loaded with 8-foot pulpwood at a concentration log yard. The yard had a very slight surface grade. It was a winter day, clear and cold. Weather was not a factor....
